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Around midnight on Monday, with the House still debating the state budget, I found myself in a nearly empty Senate chamber with Sen. Martin Looney and two staff members.I wanted to know whether the computer services and data processing tax, finally set at...

HARTFORD — Legislators are scheduled to vote Monday on a tentative deal with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on a two-year, $40 billion budget that hikes corporate taxes, raises the personal income tax on the wealthy and legalizes keno gambling.
The deal was...

HARTFORD - After all-day talks at the state Capitol, legislators reached a tentative deal with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on a two-year, $40 billion budget early Sunday morning that hikes corporate taxes, raises the personal income tax on the wealthy and...

Keno gambling will be part of the state budget "no matter what,'' says the co-chairman of the legislature's tax committee.
Rep. Jeffrey Berger, the Waterbury Democrat who oversees the tax committee with Senator John Fonfara of Hartford, has been...

Following the Great Recession, and during economic swings over decades, our state has faced significant fiscal challenges. In one difficult budget after another, the state has been forced to cut spending and increase taxes. Conservatives and liberals...

HARTFORD — The state may still finance part of Hartford's $56 million baseball stadium, though not in the way previously considered.The latest plan would send an undetermined amount of money to Hartford from bonds issued by the state and overseen by...

HARTFORD – In a series of sweeping changes in state tax policy, the legislature's finance committee voted Wednesday to raise the income tax on the wealthy, legalize keno gambling and impose new sales taxes on services that are currently not taxed.
The...

HARTFORD — A key legislative committee on Wednesday endorsed a sweeping plan to cap motor vehicle taxes, encourage regional cooperation among communities and hand over a portion of the sales tax to local governments.
"I believe that this bill will...

HARTFORD — Legislators argued Monday over whether the state should send the 10 percent admissions tax on minor league baseball tickets back to the city to provide financial help for building a new stadium.Senate Republican leader Len Fasano questioned a...

HARTFORD — A proposal by the city council to begin the process of removing Hartford's three registrars has raised questions over what would happen to the office.
State law says the deputy registrars would take over. But the city charter says the...

HARTFORD — Incoming Senate President Martin Looney announced a slate of new committee leaders on Tuesday.The new leaders will play a key role in formulating and implementing the Democratic majority's agenda, which Looney said will focus on...

Incoming Senate president Martin Looney announced a slate of new committee leaders on Tuesday.
The new leaders will play a key role in formulating and implementing the Democratic majority’s agenda, which Looney said will focused on “supporting working...

Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra said this week that would seek a meeting with state officials in the hope of gaining financing for projects north of downtown.
Segarra said he had not spoken with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy about financing for the development.
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HARTFORD — Top Republican legislators called Friday for a special legislative session to be convened by Dec. 15 to start solving the state's budget problems.
The two new Republican leaders, Sen. Len Fasano of North Haven and Rep. Themis Klarides of...

Top Republican legislators called Friday for a special legislative session by December 15 to start solving the state's budget problems.
The two new leaders, Senator Len Fasano of North Haven and Rep. Themis Klarides of Derby, said the legislature needs...

It was a blisteringly hot summer in 1991, and Connecticut residents were steamed that a budget crisis meant closing many state parks on the Fourth of July.The parks were collateral damage in an epic struggle between Gov. Lowell P. Weicker and the...

Democrats kept their grip on the state Senate on a night of tension and tentative celebration in party headquarters across Connecticut.
Republicans had been optimistic about flipping a few seats and narrowing the Democrats’ 22-14 advantage in the Senate....

HARTFORD — Registrars' failure to deliver voting lists on time to several polling places Tuesday morning prompted confusion, anger and a lingering, urgent question: How could this happen?
"Do you have any comment?" Superior Court Judge Carl...

Wethersfield lawyer Barbara Ruhe admits that it has become "a bit of a hobby" running against her political nemesis, Democratic state Sen. John Fonfara of Hartford.
Ruhe, a Republican battling Fonfara for the fourth straight general election,...

The Courant makes the following recommendations, in bold type, in local races.
The House
In the 1st District, Matthew Ritter, the Democratic incumbent and former Hartford city council member, has become a strong voice for sound tax policy and economic...